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There seems to be a lot of action this year around finally monetizing the communities and traffic that have grown around major social media networks. From day one, many have wondered where the revenue would […] Read More

The Internet, Twitter especially, exploded with indignation today when the Australian government announced it will proceed with controversial plans to censor the Internet. The Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, said today he would introduce legislation just […] Read More

Every Friday morning since March 2009 an intrepid crew of social media types have gathered at local cafes to chat and meet in real life (IRL). As social networks such as Twitter have grown, so […] Read More

Source: adnews The amount of time spent on social media sites has nearly doubled from around 800,000 hours per month in August 2008 to 1.6 million hours per month in June 2009. Online measurement company […] Read More

Today I experienced first hand an example of how pervasive social media has become. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is a master media manipulator. He has played his cards remarkably well across all media since […] Read More

I don’t know how I missed this. This morning I was searching through the comments and backlinks on our company sites when I noticed some backlinks from something called Topsy. I copied the address into […] Read More

Guest Report: by Renai LeMay of ZDNet.com.au news This commentary is the modified text of a speech given to the Insight Exchange’s Twitter’s Impact on Media & Journalism event in June 2009. In my daily […] Read More

Source: socialmediaportal.com The web has been a buzz this week about reported evidence from search engine Google launching a microblogging search engine that will index content from popular services such as Twitter. Micro-blogging has seen […] Read More

Source: briansolis.com This past weekend the Twitterverse spoke-out in exasperation and opposition against traditional media networks (CNN specifically) and the absence of instantaneous coverage of the Iranian election and the resulting fallout. “We the people” […] Read More

Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation recently declared “the days of free news online to be over.” NEWSFLASH for Mr Murdoch: the news press no longer control their destiny. The audience is now in charge. […] Read More

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Craig Wilson a leading digital and inbound marketing consultant who was recently ranked globally as one of Top 100 SEO Experts to follow. He is managing director of Sticky, a digital agency based in Newcastle, Australia and co-founder of DiG Festival.

Media Hunter is a forum for exploring modern media, marketing, start-ups and innovation.

Craig is a contributor to the collaborative series of world-wide marketing books The Age of Conversation 1, 2, 3. He has contributed to Marketing Magazine and Digital Ministry and is often called on by media to comment on industry news. Craig is regularly invited to speak on media issues, especially social and digital media, and at various events around Australia on topics ranging from Search Engine Optimisation, the changing media and marketing landscape and inbound marketing.